Posts Tagged ‘travel to dentist’
Durness Residents Facing 100 Mile Round Trip To Dentist
The residents of Durness village are appearing for a new surgery to open, as they face a 112 mile round trip to see an NHS dentist. Almost half of the residents of the rural village in Sutherland have signed a petition to appeal for a new NHS surgery to open in Durness, as residents are […]
Huge increase in NHS dental patient numbers in Halifax
Recent figures show that there has been a huge increase in the number of people registering with an NHS dentist in Calderdale. The number of patients who saw an NHS dentist has increased by more than five times the national average; since 2006, there has been an increase of 12,000 patients and in the last […]
Lengthy trips for patients requiring emergency dental care in North Scotland
Patients living in the north of Scotland are facing lengthy trips if they require urgent dental treatment, it has been revealed. Liberal Democrat member, Jamie Stone brought up the concerns after it was revealed that patients in the far north of the country were facing trips to Inverness for out of hours care. Mr Stone, […]
Dentist offers patients transport, as well as dental treatment
A dentist from Chenago, Broome County, has bought a minibus so that patients can be transported to and from his dental clinic. Dr Michael Wilson purchased the 15-seater bus to help patients who struggled to afford transport to the dental office, as well as those who did not have access to their own transport. The […]
